Addenda 3: English translation of correspondence between Alfred Karger in Quito and Guido Kisch in New York on the subject of medals, 1957. War prisoner money and medals by Guido Kisch (reprint from The numismatist, vol. 58, May and June, 1945). Addenda 4-5: Letters to Alfred Karger 1950-1961 from Karl Schwarz (Addenda 4); Hilda and Marianne Zadikow (widow and daughter respectively of the sculptor Arnold Zadikow); and from the Council for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Jews from Germany. Addenda 6: Correspondence between AK and Aufbau; the Council of Jews from Germany; and the Asociacion de Beneficencia Israelita (Venezuela). Addenda 7: Clippings of Spanish language articles about the Axis Victims League; Letter from AK to Bruno Weil. Axis Victims League ; Schwarz, Karl, 1885-1962 ; Ury, Lesser, 1861-1931

The collection contains documents related to the life and work of Alfred Karger. The papers of this collection largely comprise correspondence but additionally include articles, a lecture and biographical information on him. As a well-known lawyer, Alfred Karger published various books and articles mainly on taxation and inheritance law. Series I holds a list of his books together with a biographical text on him, two obituaries and several of his articles. Furthermore it comprises different articles by his stepdaughter Lilly Guggenheim mainly included in a bound periodical volume of the magazine Psyche. Schweiz. Monatsschrift fuer Psychologie, Heilpaedagogik, Graphologie (Psyche. Switzerland. Monthly Journal for Psychology, Therapeutic Pedagogy, Graphology). Series II contains a speech and various copies of articles by Alfred Karger from 1932 to 1967 primarily dealing with taxation and restitution law as well as Nazi legal measures against Jews. Several letters from the later period of his life (1945-1968) with individuals and organizations are held in Series III

Alfred Karger was born in Magdeburg in 1891. He studied law in Berlin, Munich and Halle and graduated from the University of Strasbourg in 1913. During World War I, he was stationed as a medic in the Ukraine. Later he practiced law in Berlin and in 1923 he became partner of the former Prussian Minister Wolfgang Heine. He also published widely on taxation and inheritance law. In 1925, Alfred Karger married Anna Guggenheim. In 1933, his license to practice law was revoked. He continued to publish and was allowed to practice as a law consultant. After preparing an expert opinion on the status of Germany's occupation of Czech territory for the minister of Ecuador in Berlin, Alfred Karger received visas for his family to immigrate to Ecuador. In 1941, the family left Berlin and arrived in Ecuador ten weeks later by way of Spain, Cuba and Colombia. In Ecuador, Alfred Karger continued to publish on legal issues and also obtained government permission to practice as a law consultant. He also handled some immigrants' restitution cases and finally was admitted to the bar at the state court of Hamburg. On occasion he would travel to West Germany to research new legislation and trials and to meet with publishers. His main source of income, however, was a business dealing with Ecuadorian silver articles and wood carvings. Alfred Karger was active in the Jewish Community Center and the B'nai B'rith of Quito, sometimes officiating at weddings and funerals. He died in 1968. His son Walter immigrated to the United States in 1949. Walter's sister, Lilli Guggenheim, a social worker, was deported to Auschwitz in 1942

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